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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth J. Peeters, Bear Creek, WI (US);
Assignee:
H & S Manufacturing Co., Inc., Marshfield, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/378 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/378 ;
Abstract
An anti-wrap guard system for shielding an exposed bearing assembly of an agricultural apparatus from any material borne by a rotatable shaft that in the course of operating the apparatus may naturally come in contact with the exposed bearing including a guard being disposable between a working section of the rotatable shaft and the bearing assembly supporting the shaft, the guard substantially blocking the material from the bearing. A windrow merger and a method of guarding are further included.